Master’s Degree (2nd cycle) in Engineering & Automotive Industry

Postgraduate Master’s study programme – 2nd cycle

The aim of the postgraduate Master’s study programme in Engineering & the Automotive Industry is to educate highly educated professionals to work in research abnd development in the field of development engineering, development of products and technologies, marketing, as well as automotive energy. Graduates will be able to work on complex and strategic work in the fields of development, technology and production methods of product development, processes and innovations as well as concurrent engineering.

2 years

4 terms

120

ECTS

Title at graduation

Master’s in Mechanical Engineering

Majors

The programme does not have majors, but a choice of 3 modules

Type and location of studies:

Novo mesto – part time studies and distance learning (e-learning)

Content

technologies,

materials,

designing,

automobilism,

environment management,

information technology and communication,

commercial law and property,

logistics,

marketing, production, technology and development,

business communication and relationships,

quality and business excellence,

appliance maintenance,

work safety.

Enrolment requirements

1st year

The first
year of full-time and part- time higher education study programme Engineering
and Vehicles can be entered by someone who has (according to the 38th article
of Higher Education Act, Official Gazette, No. 100/04):

successfully
passed the matura exam,

successfully
passed the vocational matura exam or final exam after 4 years of secondary
school

In case of limited
enrolment candidates will be selected according to:

grade
point average of the final exam, vocational matura exam and general matura
exam (60% of points)

grade
point average in the 3rd and 4th year of secondary school (40% of points).

Enrolment requirements for partial programme are the
same as for higher professional study programme Engineering and Vehicles.

2nd year

A candidate
that has successfully finished a vocational college, accredited after 1st
January 1994, if fulfilling all admission requirements, can enter directly into
the 2nd year of higher education study programme Engineering and Vehicles. Admission
requirement for the direct entry into the 2nd year is finished diploma of vocational
college. Students have to pass bridge exams that cover the differences between
the study programmes before entering the 3rd year. Bridge exams are defined by a
competent faculty body.

Also, a
candidate that has successfully finished other higher education study programme
can enter directly into the 2nd year of higher education study programme
Engineering and Vehicles. A competent faculty body defines the requirements
that a candidate has to fulfil before entering the 3rd year.

In case of limited
enrolment candidates will be chosen according to the average grade at vocational
college.

3rd year

To enter
directly into the 3rd year of study programme Engineering and Vehicles a
candidate has to:

successfully
finish vocational college, accredited before 1st January 1994. The entry
is possible if a candidate fulfils the requirements to enter into higher
education study programme. The requirement is finished diploma of vocational
college. All candidates have to pass bridge exams of chosen subjects from
the 1st and 2nd year, maximum 60 credit points, before the diploma title
registration. The exams are defined by a competent faculty body.

be a
graduate of any higher education or university study programme if
fulfilling the requirements to enter into higher education study
programme. All candidates have to pass bridge exams of chosen subjects
from the 1st and/or 2nd year, maximum 60 credit points, before the diploma
title registration. The exams are defined by a competent faculty body on
the basis of differences between study programmes defined by a faculty
report.

successfully
finish two years of other higher education professional programme. On the
basis of written request a competent faculty body defines requirements
that a candidate has to fulfil before diploma title registration.

*The total number of lessons of laboratory work and seminars in the 4th semester depends on the choice of elective course. Regardless of the choice, the total number of laboratory practice and/or seminar are 45 hours of organized student work.

Elective Modules

No.

Course

L

LW

ECTS

L

LW

ECTS

Elective MODULE I: Development Engineering in Industries

1.

Sustainable Development of Products, Processes, and Innovations

45

45

8

–

–

–

2.

Design Methods

45

30

7

–

–

–

Total

90

75

15

–

–

–

No.

Course

L

LW

ECTS

L

LW

ECTS

Elective MODULE II:
Intelligent Systems and Mainterance Processes

1.

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

45

45

8

–

–

–

2.

Advanced Maintenance of Processes and Devices

45

30

7

–

–

–

Total

90

75

15

–

–

–

No.

Course

L

LW

ECTS

L

LW

ECTS

Elective MODULE III: Automotive Energy

1.

Energy Systems in Vehicles

45

40

8

–

–

–

2.

Information and Electronics Control Systems in Vehicles

45

30

7

–

–

–

Total

90

75

15

–

–

–

Elective Courses

No.

Course

L

LW

ECTS

L

LW

ECTS

1.

Thermal processes

45

45

8

–

–

–

2.

Vechicle software equipment

45

45

8

–

–

–

3.

Virtual Technologies

45

45

8

–

–

–

4.

Strategic management

45

45

8

–

–

–

5.

Microprocessor systems in vehicles

45

45

8

–

–

–

6.

Development of Logistics Processes

45

45

8

–

–

–

7.

Power Transmission and Drivetrains

45

45

8

–

–

–

8.

Chemistry of fuels and polymers

45

45

8

–

–

–

9.

Pharmaceutics for engineers

45

45

8

–

–

–

Competences

General competences

Students of
the higher education study programme Engineering and Vehicles will acquire the
following general competences:

ability
of analysis and synthesis in problem-solving on technical field,

ability
of managing modern methods, procedures and processes,

ability
of critical judgement,

ability
to use theoretical knowledge in practice,

ability
to be independent at professional work,

knowledge
of social systems in business world,

development
of communication skills in domestic and international business with the
use of Slovene and foreign languages,

ability
to work in teams and manage projects,

ability
to link and use knowledge from different fields,

ability
to observe business ethics,

ability
to implement constant business improvement,

knowledge
of professional terminology,

knowledge
and use of information communication technology by using software,
computer systems and electronic business,

knowledge
of safety at work and environment protection,

knowledge
of motivation and conflict-solving.

Subject-specific competences

ability
to understand and use modern theories of production, technology and
development,

ability
of mathematical understanding, particularly statistics, probability and
technique, and their practical applications,

ability
of interdisciplinary linking of knowledge of different subjects,

knowledge
of technical characteristics of materials and products,

knowledge
and use of information communication technologies,

knowledge
and use of the methods of overall quality of products and services,

knowledge
of technical and business legislation,

ability
to manage work,

ability
to communicate with suppliers, customers, competition, etc.,

ability
to transfer knowledge to partners,

ability
to learn about company operation,

knowledge
of organisational structures and process organisation,

knowledge
of marketing as a basic business process,

knowledge
of work legislation,

ability
to develop and implement new technical procedures and processes

ability
to ensure compliance of products and processes with prescribed
requirements

knowledge
of product maintenance methods,

knowledge
of methods of following the sold product,

knowledge
of specificity of automobile industry development,

ability
of diagnose and repair of production machines,

knowledge
and use of energy machines and appliances.

Terms of advancement

To be
promoted from the 1st into the 2nd study year students have to achieve at least
45 credit points in the 1st study year. To advance into the 3rd year a student
has to fulfil all requirements from the 1st year and have at least 45 credit
points from the second year. If a student enters into the 2nd year after
finishing vocational college study programme, accredited after 1st January 1994,
he/she has to pass all prescribed bridge exams before entering into the 3rd
year.

The faculty
can allow the entry into higher study year even if a student did no fulfil all
requirements in case of special circumstances: motherhood, longer illness,
special family and social conditions, participation in significant cultural,
sport and professional events.

A student
who does not fulfil requirements to enter higher study year can repeat a year
once or change a study programme due to unfulfilled requirements of a study
programme. The third year cannot be repeated as students have graduation year
to fulfil missing obligations.

According to
the current legislation a student can extend a student status for maximum one
year if:

he/she does not enter into the next year due to justifiable reasons,

he/she does not graduate within 12 months after the end of last term due to justifiable reasons,

student gives birth in the course of study.

Student can
graduate before it is defined in the study programme.

Conditions for completion of study

Conditions for completion of
studyare finished all study requirements defined by the study programme
collecting 180 credit points according to ECTS.

A student of
the 2nd year of the study programme Engineering and Vehicles that has
successfully finished vocational college study programme, accredited after 1st
January 1994, has to pass all bridge exams and fulfil current study requirements
of the 2nd and 3rd year collecting at least 120 credit points.

If a student
enters into the 3rd year after finishing vocational college study programme,
accredited before 1st January 1994, he/she has to pass all bridge exams and fulfil
current study requirements of the 3rd year collecting at least 60 points.

A study is
finished with preparation and oral defence of a diploma paper.